‘Time, time, time is on you side’. Bullshit ! Whoever wrote that song must have been unmarried, jobless and had no hobbies.

There is only one thing worse than not reading and taking in advise, and that is giving, but not doing it yourself. Yes I know battery troubles again. No, no, not on the C5 but on the 61 (up for sale on the back page shameless plug)! Down at the shop getting a cut and polish - when I get the call that the battery’s dead and she will not start.

To the shop, post haste and after checking the battery size it is off to Supacheap for a battery. After picking a replacement and a battery holder, race to the checkout. Waiting, waiting ,bloody hell why is it - well you know what I am going to say. Finally out of there and grab some fuel for the old girl.

Back at the shop the mobile rings: “Don’t forget we are going out in 20 minutes so don’t start on anything.” “ Yes dear.”

Right it took 4 hours to do the C5 battery and now I have 20 minutes, great. A wise man would have left it to later but I never said I was wise!

Now the technical side, open bonnet, pull off the cabin heater hose, pull the old battery out. Put the new one in, put the holder on, tighten up, reattach the leads and cabin heater hose, bonnet down, put the fuel in, get in car, pump the accelerator, car starts, job done.

How long did it take; well this article took longer to type so I think about 10 minutes.

The shop boys are happy, in the good books with the lovely wife and pretty pleased with myself. They do not make cars like they used to, they just made batteries easy to replace!

Remember those battery float chargers, boys they are a Godsend Remember to wave

Tim McCarthy